Crank and lever mechanism for windmills.



Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

H. KALLIS.

CRANK AND LEVER MECHANISM FOR WINDMILLS.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 9, |914. 1,154,404.

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Be it known that I, HENRY KALLIs, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident of lVessington Springs, in the county of Jerauld and State of South Dakota, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Crank and Lever Mechanism for Windmills, of which the following is a specification. v

My present invention relates to windmills and more particularly to certain improvements relating both to the means directly through which the power is developed,V and also to the means associated therewith for directing and controlling the application of such power to the practical use for which structures of this character areL generally intended.

A further object` of my invention is to provide a simple and novel meansby which the developed power may be divided and transmitted to a plurality of transmission devices and subsequently adapted to a plurality of uses, either of the same or different characteristics.

With these and other objects in mind, and which will be made more apparent from the following description, my invention resides in the several structures shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification and in which the figure is a sectional side elevation through my' improvedV windmill.`

Referring now to thefigure, I have shown in the lower portion thereof three pumps A, A and A2 to be operated. Above these pumps rises the structural framework. of the windmill, indicated generally at B and including an upper rigid platform B and an intermediate similar rigid platform B2, the former of which supports, preferably upon rollers Z2, thev usual rotating` platform C, and the latter of which has a central opening and an apertured supporting cup b upon its lower surface whichA receives vthe lower ends of inner kand outer guide tubesA D and D respectively. The outer guide tube D has a threaded connection at its lower end in the cup and; a similar threaded connection at its upper endv within a centrally iianged aperture of the rotating platform C, and the inner guide tube D is'- disposed therein and is adjustable by means of set screws (Z so that it may be centered and thus eectually guide the several transmission tubes which are mounted therethrough in telescoping relation to rotate and Y Specication f realisieren@ Patented sept. ai, isis. Applicationled January 9, 1914-.. SerialfNm $11,172.

movellongitudinally. As will be seen, there are threel off these transmission tubes respectively indicated at E, E and`E2, the central: tube E being connected to the rod of .pumpA by means of a connecting framea,

the armsof which are connected at their upperends to a yoke a. looselyy surrounding the lower portion of the tube, a nut a2 being threadedv upon the lower extremity of thek tube so that when the latter is Vmoved upwardly therewith, the weight of the latter serving to lowerit when the tube is lowered. Thelower end'of the intermediate transmission` tube E depends below the lower end .of theouter tube E2 and is terminated a corresponding distance above the lower-end of the inner tube E. Around the lower end of the tube E just mentioned is loosely disposed a yoke fand a nut f is threaded on the tube below the yoke, the yoke being carried. by the inner ends of levers F, the outer vends of which are fulcrumed upon the lower portion of a bracket f2 secured to and depending'from oneiside of the intermediate stationary platfor1nB2. Upon the lower end of the. outer transmission tube E2 is similarly disposed `a yoke f3, this yoke being abo-ve a nut f4 and being carried by the inner ends ofylevers F, the outer ends of which are fulcrumed upon the lower end of a bracket f5 'depending from the relatively opposite side of the platform B2 as comparedr to bracket f2 before mentioned. The levers F and ,F are provided with a series of intermediate apertures f6 and f7 respectively, Athrough selected ones of which pins fs may vtubes E and E2 being cut away in order to obvi'ate interference with one another during their longitudinal movement. Adjacent its lower end the frame G is provided with horizontal bearings for the usual wind wheel shaftI-I upon one end of which is secured the wind wheel H and upon the opposite end jwardly the pump rod will bemoved for-V soy moved transmits its power through the several pitmen to the several crank arms and thus power is in turn communicated to the several transmission tubes and from these tubes to the severa-l pumps through the means previously described.

In operation, the wind wheel is held in the Vwind by means ci' a vane l'; projecting from the relatively opposite side of the platform C, the inner portion of this vane being journaled upon an upright pivot shaft 1 having connection at its lower end with the platform C and having its upper end supported by one end of a horizontal arm J intermediately secured to the frame G. The vane I is normally held in operative positionv by a spring 12 coiled about the pivot shaft 1 and may be moved to an inoperative position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4l by means of a iiexible connection K secured at one end to the vane and guided over pulleys lo and having connection at its opposite end to the lower arm or' a bell crank lever K', the other arm of which is connected to the upper end of controlling rod K2 which depends through the inner transmission tube E and has its lower end terminated at a point substantially therebelow inV order to be within easy reach of the operator. On one face of the vane l are a plurality of ribs i, which, when the vane is moved to inoperative position, come into contact with the brake-disk H2 and serve to check the windwheel shaft H. This action is produced by a downward pull upon the lower end oi' the controlling rod K2 which draws the vane l away from the position shown and in which it is normally held by the spring l2 before mentioned, to the inoperative position. It Ais apparent that when this is done and the wind wheel no longer held in the face of the wind, the contact with theseveral ribs i against the kbrake-disk H2 will eiectually serve the purpose for which these parts are intended. lt is evident that by the use of the several structures l have set forthand described in detail, the power developing parts may be readily moved into and Vout of operation and when in operation the power so developed may be transmitted through the several transmission tubes and to the several'uses such as mentioned. It should be noted, however, that the application of the power through the means described is Anot limited to the actuation of pumps but may be employed for various other purposes as desired. 1t should also be noted that various changes may be made in so far as either the details of the power developing cranks, a rotating platform upon which the said. cranks are mounted, inner and outer guide tubes depending 'from the said platform and the outer one of which is stationarily held at its upper and lower ends, adjusting screws working through the outer guide tube and against the inner guide tube ywhereby to center the latter, a plurality of telescoping transmission tubes depending through the guide tubes and independently movable, connections between the upper ends of said transmission tubes andthe cranks, and connections at the lower ends of the said transmission tubes whereby their movement may be independently utilized.

2. In a structure of the character described, the combination of a plurality of cranks, telescoping transmission tubes depending ,below the ysaid cranks, said tubes being independently connected at their up- Y'per ends tothe said cranks and having their lower ends terminated in stepped relation, guides through which the tubes are mounted to independently move, ya support which carries the guides, levers fulcrumed at their outer endstoy the support adjacent the lower ends of certain of the transmission tubes, yokes loosely surrounding the lower ends of the said tubes and to which the inner ends of' the levers are connected, and connecting ,arms having .adJustable connections interine- 'diate the ends of the said levers whereby the movements of the said tubes may be independently utilized.l

v HENRY KALLlS.

Witnesses:

SOLON C. KEMON, PERRY BQ TURPIN;

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. Washington, D. C. 

